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Friday, November 8, 2013

Open the Eyes of My Heart

One of the most stirring songs of worship is "Open the
Eyes of My Heart,"by Michael W.
Smith.Today as we are looking forward
to the weekend and to worship on Sunday, I want you to consider the words of
this song.Your consideration will do an
amazing amount of good in preparing you for worship.

We do need to prepare ourselves for worship, you know.The busy lives we lead in our work schedules,
the kids' soccer games, movies, entertaining friends, school activities, and
all the other "stuff," I am saying we need to take a few moments and
allow ourselves to get into the proper frame of mind and in an attitude of
worship.The words to this song will
help you.

Open the eyes of my
heart, Lord
Open the eyes of my heart
I want to see You
I want to see You

To see You high and lifted up
Shinin' in the light of Your glory
Pour out Your power and love
As we sing holy, holy, holy.

Holy, holy, holy
We cry holy, holy, holy
You are holy, holy, holy
I want to see you.

Perhaps we should examine what we expect from worship.Think about those who lead us when we sing,
or those who lead us when we pray, or the one who delivers a message from the
word.We expect these people to be
prepared enough to lead us.More than
that, we want them to pass our inspection. While I agree with them being
prepared to lead worship, I must remind you that we are not the audience in
worship, God is.We are singing praise
to him, praying to him, learning about him, and to share with others who have
gathered to worship him.

Do you wish to worship and actually experience the presence
of God?Will you go to worship in the
hopes God can help you with some problem or deliver you from the hurt of
sin?Would you want worship to be more
than going through the motions while saying and doing the same things week
after week?I'm suggesting you meditate
on scripture and even the words of this song, to help you prepare to be in
God's presence.

Even in partaking of the Lord's Supper, we need to be
preparing ourselves.Scripture says we
should examine ourselves.I say we
should also pray the words of this song, "Open
the eyes of my heart, Lord, I want to
see you."